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Osbornodon fricki

Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae

Taxonomy
Osbornodon fricki was named by Wang (1994). Its type specimen is F:AM 27363, a partial skeleton (skull, right ramus, five lumbar vertebrae, pelvis, and partial limbs), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Skull Ridge, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Tesuque Formation of New Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Osbornodon fricki Wang p. 107
2008Osbornodon fricki Wang et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
familyCanidae
subfamilyHesperocyoninaeTedford 1978
genusOsbornodon
speciesfricki

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Osbornodon fricki Wang 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: carnivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:28:06
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Hemingfordian or 16.30000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Osbornodon fricki (17917 17920 17952 17961 17980 18001)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Osbornodon fricki (19472 19509 19572 19616)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) Osbornodon fricki (type locality: 19547)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) Osbornodon fricki (17905 17955 17972)